On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 02:13 AM, Gregg Gorrie wrote: > on 2/13/03 6:37 AM, Alan Kim at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Gregg - While we're on this... >> > > Not necessarily ... it depends on what you're doing. If you're just > doing > basic cut editing, you would not really use any more space because the > clips > you're creating are simply pointers to the media that is already on the > drive. In fact, in iMovie, when you take a file into the editor and > trim it > down, the unused portion of the file gets put into iMovie's trash can. > When > you empty the trash, that portion of the file gets deleted and opens > up that > space on the hard drive. > > However, if you start creating transitions or putting on effects that > need > to be rendered, you'll need extra drive space to store the rendered > files. > How much depends on the length of the transitions/processed clips. > > I would say for basic editing w/some transitions and effects, a ratio > of 2:1 > should be more than sufficient - ie for 1hr of DV video using 12GB, > have > about 20-24 GB of drive space available.
Thank you Gregg, one more question, what method(s) do you use to get the "video" in to the computer? I am using a VCR, a camcorder is out of the question. I used a program called "BTV Pro" doesn't work for me. Phillip -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
